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Carbon nanotubes grown using kitchen chemicals

Cheap compounds found in kitchen cupboards can act as catalysts for making carbon nanotubes

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Metacognitive motivation

How it can positively influence students’ beliefs in their own abilities

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Poly(ionic liquid)s act like taste buds for simple sugars

New system could find use in food monitoring or disease detection

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Animations boost learning

And reduce cognitive load

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2D synthetic clay sheets could create easy to recycle crisp packets

Inorganic nanosheets could lower the carbon footprint of food packaging

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Catalyst metal recovery adds greener notes to whisky production

Magnetite nanoparticles recover copper waste from whisky manufacturing process

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Which is best: practical or simulation?

Students interact with practicals and simulations differently, but does one approach come with better learning outcomes?

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Thank the Nobel prize winners for your mobile phone

Start a lesson with the Nobel prize-winning chemistry involved in lithium-ion batteries

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Enhance explanations of intermolecular forces

How small prompts can result in big leaps in student understanding

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Microbes and renewable energy turn carbon dioxide into edible protein

A new process uses microbes and renewable energy to make proteins for human consumption

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‘Blackest black’ ever made

New material absorbs 99.995% of light shined on it

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How silkworms can help astronauts

Silk fibres stay tough and ductile even at low temperatures, making them potentially perfect for space

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Smartphones modified to detect norovirus

Handheld detection system is sensitive enough to catch just a few particles of norovirus

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Be forceful with chemical bonding

Help your students understand chemical bonding with force-based models

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Making ethanol from lignin

A new method can produce ethanol from rewnable lignin and carbon dioxide

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Choose chemical representations carefully

How the combination of representations you use impacts your students’ learning

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Algae produce synthetic chemicals

Surprise discovery as research shows trihalogenated anilines make synthetic chemicals

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A step closer to post-lithium energy storage

Calcium batteries could be viable thanks to a new electrolyte

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Philosophical discussion promotes confidence in the classroom

How encouraging students to engage in philosophical dialogue can yield surprising results

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Flexible future for smartphone screens

Stretch it, bend it.. but defintiely don’t break it

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